Senior Accountant Jobs

Description

Key Responsibilities

• Develops and maintains sufficient documentation over various processes impacting the financial statements.
• Prepares and records journal entries accurately and timely.
• Performs other related duties as required or assigned.
• Analyzes balance sheet and income statement accounts as assigned and explains variances.
• Prepares and maintains various schedules to support financial statement lines.
• Compiles management reports for analysis.
• Assists managers and controllers with process documentation and offers suggestions for process improvement.
• Assists in maintaining and analyzing costs.
• Performs timely account reconciliations to ensure accurate reporting and ledger maintenance.
• Prepares documents for both internal and external audits.
• Performs assigned tasks in order to maintain an effective control environment
• Investigates and assists with resolving problems impacting the financial statements

Skills Knowledge and Expertise

• Strong understanding of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
• Detail oriented and organized.
• Plans the time, method, manner, and/or performance sequence of own work; may also occasionally assist in planning work assignments performed by others within a limited area of operation.
• Effectively communicates information and responds to questions in person-to-person and small group situations with vendors, internal and external customers, the general public, and other employees of the organization.
• Adds, subtracts, multiplies, and divides numbers (using currency and other forms of measurement).
• Deals with problems involving several known variables in situations of routine nature.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Collaborates and works well with others.
• Frequently makes or assists with making decisions of both minor and major importance, which may affect the work operations of other employees and/or clientele to a moderate degree.
• Reads and understands documents such as policy manuals, safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Strong analytical skills
• Utilizes common-sense understanding in order to carry out written, oral, or diagrammed instructions.

• 2+ years of relevant experience in accounting, finance, or a related field (required).
• Experience with publicly traded SEC registrants (preferred)
• Master of Business Administration degree (preferred).
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, business administration, finance, or a related field (required).

• Advanced: Accounting, alphanumeric data entry, payroll systems, spreadsheet, word processing/typing.
• Basic: Database.
• Intermediate: 10-key.

• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) preferred.

Benefits

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